ABC,March 9.
Sri Lanka's former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka will have to wait just a couple more days to find out exactly what charges he faces.

Sri Lanka's military spokesman says the former General will face more than five charges under the Army Act, with court martial proceedings to begin soon. However the details relating to the charges will not be available for another 48 hours. The 59-year-old has been held at a naval detention centre since his arrest last month, a fortnight after his defeat in presidential elections.
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AFP,March 9.
COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka's detained former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka has mounted a hunger strike in order to be allowed to speak to his daughters, his wife said Monday.

Fonseka had brushed aside an offer of a telephone from the military and insisted he be allowed to use his own mobile phone, Anoma Fonseka told a rally marking one month since the start of his detention.
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Sri Lanka voices: 'Fractured democracy'bbc,March 9.
The arrest a month ago of Sri Lanka's former army chief and defeated presidential candidate, Gen Sarath Fonseka, along with some of his supporters, has raised fears among rights groups in the country...

India to Lanka: IDPs are an issueIANS,March 9.
NEW DELHI: India Monday said it has urged Sri Lanka to quicken the resettlement of Tamils displaced by war and pledged aid for their housing projects as Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao returned home after a three-day visit to Colombo...

India worked against Sri Lanka president: ministerafp,March 8.
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India wants to open consulate in former LTTE strongholdRefiff,March 9.
India is keen to open a consulate in Jaffna, once a stronghold of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said on Monday, even as she pressed for political reconciliation among all communities in Sri Lanka so as to usher in peace and harmony...

Rao assures support to SL for resettlement of TamilsPTI,Mar 8.
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